Nonfiction

Award-winning articles, essays and reviews on technology, culture, climate change, and mental health have appeared in outlets including TIME, The Boston Globe, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Governing magazine, and others.
Also: wrote reviews and think pieces for Janelle Monae’s Wondaland label.

illustration by Ben Turner

LOVE vs. HATE
A Live Boxing Event Featuring Spike Lee Joints
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Bright Wall / Dark Room (Issue 134)

DJ Señor Love Daddy and Radio Raheem are your ringside commentators, going round by round to break down how the theme of love vs. hate clings to Spike Lee’s body of work like T-shirts on the hottest day of the year.



ARTICLES (Reported Features)

Investors Are Betting Big on Carbon Removal Technology. The Reality is More Complicated. — TIME

Why It’s Hard to Put a Price on Carbon — TIME

Older, Better, Faster, Stronger — Comstock’s Magazine
(2022 California Journalism Award — Health Coverage – First Place)

Meet Dr. Robot — Comstock’s Magazine
(2022 California Journalism Award — Health Coverage – Second Place)

Beyond the Bottle: UC Davis is a hub for breast milk science and innovation — Comstock’s Magazine
(2023 California Journalism Award — Health Coverage – Third Place)

Fighting for Fairness — Comstock’s Magazine
(2020 California Journalism Award — Coverage of Protests and Racial Justice – Third Place)

The Ice Man — Comstock’s Magazine
What happened after plans for a massive upgrade to the historic Crystal Ice and Cold Storage building went up in smoke?

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Herb Reed, the founding member of one of early rock ‘n’ roll’s most popular groups, The Platters, wants to silence the impostor bands that are making millions off of his music and ruining his legacy.


FOR THE CULTURE (Essays / Reviews)

Out of Time, Out of Mind — Bright Wall / Dark Room (Issue 136: Neo-Noir)

The Man Who Was undun: A Port-Mortem Interview (Hip-Hop 50 special album review: undun by The Roots) — Headcanon Magazine

Dear “Please Mr. Postman” — Wondaland

His Way Home (In Memory of Gil Scott-Heron) — Wondaland

REVIEW: Phonte – Charity Starts at Home — Wondaland

REVIEW: 9th Wonder – Tutenkhamen (Beat Tape) — Wondaland

REVIEW: Van Hunt – What Were You Hoping For? — Wondaland


THROWBACKS

Eating Flowers in Thailand — Wall Street Journal’s Scene Asia

States Embark on a Space Race — Governing

Finding hope where there is no cure — The Tallahassee Democrat